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ORLANDO HARRIMAN, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. Q24A75, dated April 1,1890.

Application filed .Tune 13 1889.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ORLANDO HARRIMAN, of the city, county, and State ofNew York, have invented a new and Improved Railway- Car, of which thefollowing is a full, clear, and exact description.

This invention relates to the construction of passenger-coaches forrailway use, the main objects of the invention being to increase theseating and sleeping capacity of such cars, to so locate thesmoking-room that tobacco fumes will not be apt to penetrate through thebody of the car, and to provide "for passengers a more extended view ofthe surrounding country than it is possible to secure with the ordinaryform of single-floor car.

To the ends above named the invention consists of a car constructedsubstantially as hereinafter described, and specifically pointed out inthe claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part ofthis specification, in which similar figures and letters of referenceindicate corresponding parts in all the views.

Figure 1 is a sectional plan view of a portion of a car-body,representing the same as it appears when constructed to embody myinvention, the view being-taken on the broken line so of Fig. 2. Fig.21s a sectional side elevation of the car-body, the viewbeing taken onthe broken line y y of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is an enlarged cross-sectionalview of ,the car, the view being taken on line .2 z of Fig. 2. Fig. 4:is a cross-sectional view on line in w of Fig. 2. Fig. 5 is a sectionalplan view of a modified construction, the view being taken on the brokenline 1/" o of Fig. 6. Fig. 6 is a sectional side elevation on line 11.1/, of Fig. 5. Fig. 7 is a longitudinal sectional elevation of amodified form of car. Fig. 8 is a cross-section of the same on the line25 t of Fig. 7, and Fig. 9 is a partial plan view of the same on theline 3 s of Fig. 7.

Referringnow to the construction illustrated in Figs. 1, 2, 3, and 4:,10 represents the main saloon of the car, at either endof which thereare arranged compartments 11, in which the seats may be disposed as maybe deemed desirable; but in ordinary cases I would provide a longlongitudinal seat a, transverse seats I),

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and a central chair 0. At one side of each of the compartments 11 thereis a passage-way 12, which passage-way extends from the doors leadingfrom the car-platforms 13 to the main saloon 10, toilet-rooms beingarranged beyond each of the compartments 11, any desired ar-' this headroom'I form seats 26 along one side of the compartments 2% directly overthe passages 12; and in order thathead room may be secured in thecompartments 11, I provide the compartments 24. with central seats 27,this arrangement being best shown in Fig. 4, and

in addition to the seats 26 and 27 the compartments 24: are providedwith seats 28.

To secure the necessary head room in the galleries and in thecompartments 24, I carry the car-roof 3O upward to the height of theordinary ventilating-dome, the ventilatingwindows 31 being, however,arranged to open into a trough-like structure or'open-topped channel 32,which is open to the surrounding atmosphere, the bottom of thetrough-like structure or channel 32 being inclined from the center ofthe car downward toward either end of the car, so that all gatheredwater will be discharged onto the end-roof sections 33, as will bereadily understood from an inspection of Fig. 2.

From the construction above described it will be seen that the seatingcapacity of the car is materiallyincreased, while the exterior of thecar-body is not extended beyond the required limits; and it will also beseen that the smokingcompartmentsviz., the compartments 24-'are removedfrom the body of the car, and that from the galleries an ex tended viewof the surrounding country may be secured.

In Figs. 5 and 6 I illustrate a construction 2 a &24,475

wherein the galleries are dispensed with, access to the compartments 24in this case being secured by'stairways 40, which lead up from thecompartments 11, or by stairways 40, which lead up from the main saloon10, the inclosing-walls of the Stairways 40 extending into thecompartments 11. This construction provides for the isolation of thesmoking-compartments and provides an increased seating capacity.

In Figs. '7, 8, and 9 I illustrate a construction wherein the flooringof the main saloon is carried downward below the level of the flooringof the compartments 11, thus giving increased head room, this loweredflooring being shown at 70, and in this case I would also lower theflooring of the galleries In carrying out the idea illustrated in saidfigures the lowered flooring should be brought as close as possible tothe car-trucks, it being of course understood that sufficient roomshould be left to provide for the necessary turning of the trucks.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent l. A car provided with upper end compartmentsextending across the car, and upper side galleries extending betweensaid end compartments, substantially as described.

2. A car provided with upper and lower end compartments, the flooring ofsaid upper compartments being cut away and recessed to form seats insaid compartments, and head room for passages at the sides of the lowercompartments, substantially as described.

3. A car PIOY'ldGCl with upper and lower end compartments andlongitudinal galleries, the flooring of the upper end compartments beingcut away and recessed to form seats in said compartments, and head roomfor passages at the sides of the lower compartments, substantially asdescribed.

p ORLANDO HARRIMAN. Witnesses:

E. M. CLARK,

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